Spokesman: Iraq Insurgents Rejected U.S.

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A man claiming to speak for a major Iraqi insurgent group said Sunday that the United States had tried unsuccessfully to establish contact with his group.

Speaking on Al-Jazeera television, the purported spokesman for the 1920 Revolution Brigades said the U.S. bid to contact his group failed because ``intermediaries'' used by the Americans were deemed unworthy.

``We don't believe the Americans are serious,'' added the spokesman, identified as Sheik Abdullah Suleiman al-Amri, who appeared in traditional Arab dress but with his face concealed.

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Al-Amri did not identify the intermediaries his group rejected, but earlier in the interview he sharply criticized Sunni Arab politicians who joined Iraq's Shiite-dominated, U.S.-sponsored political process.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6179197,00.html

[wholetruth00]

1. But, but i thought we didn't negotiate or talk to terrorists?

So we can talk to people who are actually killing us but refuse to talk to those who MIGHT kill us in the future if we don't talk to them?